Smartphones News & Articles

It’s the morning after. Regardless of who you were cheering for in last night’s Super Bowl or what you think about the commercials shown during the game, it’s clear that media is changing how advertisers are marketing and to whom they market. 

Most of us probably don't have any type of security 1.0 for our collection of mobile devices. But the threat of attack is growing as hackers and scammers look to get at our data or compromise our details from our phones.

If you are one of the faithful legion of Apple adopters that was hoping the latest update, iOS 5.0.1, would stop your phone from gobbling up battery life like left over Halloween candy -- sorry you’re going to have to wait a bit longer.

Less than 30 days after the company’s CEO was fired, Yahoo Inc. launched an HTML5 development toolkit (Cocktails) with support for Node.js, JavaScript and CSS3, and blow-your-socks-off social integration apps for mobile devices including its content-rich digital news app called Livestand for the iPad.

But the turmoil rages on at Yahoo as the second-largest shareholder (Third Point LLC) went public on Friday, with an open letter to Yahoo’s board over “deep concerns” in the fiscal direction of the company, and calling for the resignation of co-founder Jerry Yang. 

 It’s not a surprise that we remain fascinated by the behaviors of employees. What they do, don’t do or want to do at work not only helps us maximize their productivity, innovate the workforce or better understand their motivation. Previously we’ve examined how employees engage, collaborate and share information. Today, however, we learn more about how they use mobile devices in ways, that, well, engage more than just their workplace.

In April, nearly half (48.7%) of smartphone owners in the U.S. were between the ages of 25 and 44. According to the comScore Mobilelens, 25- to 34-year-olds made up the largest segment of the smartphone population representing 27.2% of owners. And younger users, those between the ages of 13 and 24, represented nearly one fourth of all smartphone owners (23.8%).

Yahoo (news, site) is looking for new ways to escape the tailslide of desktop search, and is now focusing on finding apps for you

When it comes to mobile, most people are confident that it’s the next, best tool in customer engagement. This week, it’s both the best and worst tool. Let us explain.

The future of mobile is unicorns, rainbows and rainbow-covered unicorns.

Apple (news, site) unveiled the headline features of the new iOS 5 today with developers getting their hands on it now, users can enjoy it in the Fall.
 

In the past two years since we reported on the Ten Best Practices for Website Landing Pages, the dynamic of the web has shifted. From mobile websites to mobile applications accessed by a variety of mobile devices, the traditional rules that govern landing pages has also evolved.

The tablet device was supposed to fill that sweet spot between the smartphone and personal computer. And yet, according to a recent AdMob survey of 1,430 tablet owners, the majority (77 percent) use their desktop or laptop PC less after buying the device. Twenty-eight percent use the tablet as their primary PC.

This week we celebrate the anniversary of the mobile phone. But first, we need to locate our phones.

This week, the mobile enterprise explores how our own behaviors are making our smartphones less secure, while the demand for mobile devices grows.

While Microsoft (news, site) tries to get industry converted to the most recent Windows and Office releases, it is steadily beavering away on their revolutionary sucessors. But will there be much a market for them to play in?